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Signature Jumps and Alexander Polynomials for Links

Geometric Topology 2024-04-11 v3

Abstract

We relate the jumps of the signature function of a link to the roots of its first nonzero higher Alexander polynomial.

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@article{arxiv.1508.04394,
  title  = {Signature Jumps and Alexander Polynomials for Links},
  author = {Patrick M. Gilmer and Charles Livingston},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.04394},
  year   = {2024}
}

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9 pages, 1 figure